May 28, 2019 by admin

Dutch referee scores bizarre goal

Amsterdam

Some football teams gripe about playing against 12 men when a referee’s decisions go against them but few have more cause for complaint than Dutch side Harkemase Boys, who were left fuming when a whistler scored against them on Saturday.

Footage of Maurice Paarhuis accidentally scoring for Hoek against Harkemase Boys has attracted almost five million views on Twitter (@HarkemaseBoys). The referee told Dutch newspapers today he had no option but to award the goal in the lower-league game. “The ball hit my foot. I tried to get my leg out of the way but I couldn’t do it on time,” said Paarhuis, who had a tough time explaining why the goal should stand to the home side. “The players of Harkemase Boys were asking: ‘What’s happening here?’ But in these cases the referee is a so-called ‘dead element’ and that means I had no option but to award a goal.”

In the end the goal mattered little as Harkemase Boys ran out 4-2 winners, and while the game’s laws dictated that the goal had to stand a change is being brought in next season.